In this fifth edition it can be followed via streaming from anywhere in the world and will be structured around the following thematic blocks:
1. “Education and Freedom” will have the presence of José Antonio Marina, one of the most influential intellectuals in Spanish culture; the education expertRichard Gerver; Ismail's Gulalai, founder and president of Aware Girls; and Ramon Cacabelos, he medical doctor who has devised the first vaccine against Alzheimer's.
2. “Overcoming” is the thematic block that proposes personal improvement initiatives led by Daniel Stix, that with just 14 years he became the youngest wheelchair basketball player in history to play in the Champions Cup; Laura Decker, the youngest person to circumnavigate the world solo; and Alberto Vollmer,president of Ron Santa Teresa and leader of the Alcatraz Project, a plan based on rugby as a mechanism to prevent crime and drug consumption.
3. “The creative commitment” will gather Albert Espinosa, writer, director, film actor and screenwriter, theater and television; Angel Perez,founder of 8Belts.com and creator of the first online method that teaches Chinese in 8 months; Tom Shadyac, one of the most recognized Hollywood comedy directors of all time; and Jeff Widener, photographer known for his iconic image of The Unknown Rebel.
4. “Ideas to change the world” It is the fourth thematic block that will have the presence of Juan de la Cierva, telecommunications engineer who invented the finish photo, carried out the first television broadcast in Spain and manufactured the first Cuban helicopter; and Jorge Reynolds Pombo, Colombian engineer known worldwide for being the inventor of the first artificial pacemaker. To finish this block, Margarita Alvarez will present the Adecco award to “the brightest young idea”, a contest created with the aim of giving visibility to talent, creativity and entrepreneurial spirit of young Spaniards.
5. “The planet in danger” will be made up of Jason Kessler, director of the “Asteroir Grand Challenge” program” from NASA; Ahn Myong Chol,who was a guard in the concentration camp for political prisoners in North Korea and is currently secretary general of the center for democratization; Luis Feduchi, renowned architect with a great international projection who currently directs the Higher School of Architecture and Technology of the UCJC; and Thubten Wangchen, Tibetan Buddhist monk who directs the Casa del Tibet Foundation in Barcelona and direct disciple of the Dalai Lama.
6. “Infinite Technology.0”, the block that closes the congress, will be moderated by Angel Bonet, expert in areas of innovation and strategy in marketing and sales, and will be assisted by Carlos Fernandez Guerra, creator, planner and head of the “Police 2.0” Communication program; Chris Dancy, who has turned monitoring his body and daily activity into a way of life; James Tagg, founder of Truphone who also developed the first touch screens for mobile phones; Andres Contreras, co-founder and CTO of SocialTech LLC, web platform that allows companies to manage and control their presence on social networks, find specific leads and build a relationship with new and existing clients; and Juan Ignacio Cirac, Spanish physicist who heads the Theoretical Division of the Max-Planck Institute for Quantum Optics in Germany.
one more year, The conference will be presented and moderated byManuel Campo Vidal, president of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.
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